Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1898 — Talking About Court Houses. [ARTICLE]

Talking About Court Houses.

It is an almost invariable rule that every building, even so simple a one as a common dwelling, costs about one third more thau the builders planned for. This is much more the case in large aud complicated structures like court houses and other large publio buildings, and more especially when, as must always be the case with new court houses, they are built by inexperienced men. Therefore it is not surprising that the court house at Knox, in the Democratic county of Stark, is costing much more than was originally expected. The contract price for the building alone was $56,000: and it was thought that when tully completed and furnished its total cost would be under SBO,OOO. But it has already reached $125,000, aud there is some more to follow. But we notice that our rabid contemporary, the Democrat, does not mention these facts.